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Vale Vets & Referrals

#4 Vet in Dursley, Gloucestershire

4.3
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Vale Vets & Referrals – Vets in Dursley

Updated January 2026
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Clinic Overview

Vale Vets & Referrals is set up to handle both routine pet care and more complex referral work, with emergency veterinary services and inpatient care mentioned in reviews. It’s an RCVS Cat Friendly Clinic, and also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.

Owners describe detailed communication during serious cases, including a surgeon phoning three times after an operation (cancer referral) and daily photo/text/phone updates while a dog was hospitalised after a road-traffic accident. Reviews also mention same-day surgery for a cat with suspected Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, plus multi-day inpatient treatment after a large Metacam ingestion.

Services

Services and capabilities mentioned across the website summary and reviews include

  • Emergency veterinary services
  • Referrals and complex case management, including
  • Cancer referral case with post-op follow-up calls
  • Orthopaedic-style surgery for suspected Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (cat) with same-day operation mentioned
  • Hospitalisation/inpatient monitoring (e.g., 7-day inpatient stay after Metacam overdose; overnight stay after surgery)
  • Road-traffic accident injury care (broken leg)
  • Routine and preventive care (website summary)
  • Vaccinations, microchipping, neutering
  • Surgery and dentistry (website summary: general surgery, dentistry)
  • Diagnostics (website summary)
  • Pain management (website summary)
  • Nurse clinics (website summary)
  • Rehabilitation and complementary therapies (website summary)
  • Laser therapy / therapeutic laser
  • Bowen therapy, massage, reiki
  • Rehabilitation
  • Blood donor clinic (website summary)
  • Behaviour training (website summary)
  • Species listed as treated on the website: cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, birds, and reptiles (including lizards and snakes)

People

Named team members mentioned in reviews

  • Dr Dave (vet; role implied by “Dr”): described as informative, kind and reassuring during a referral appointment, and performed same-day surgery for a limping cat; the cat stayed overnight and owners felt he was well cared for.
  • Phil: credited with keeping owners informed and “doing everything he could” during a dog’s 7-day inpatient stay after ingesting a large overdose of Metacam.
  • Lucie: praised for listening to concerns and helping keep a dog comfortable during an illness that was ultimately diagnosed as terminal.
  • Sara: described as providing photos, text updates and phone calls each day while a puppy was hospitalised after a road-traffic accident.
  • Michal Vlasin (surgeon): described as very skilled and as taking time to call and explain what was happening during the puppy’s treatment.

Reception staff are repeatedly mentioned as welcoming and helpful, including support both in person and by phone.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.3 stars from 83 reviews. “”

  • Communication during stressful cases is a repeated theme: owners mention clear explanations, being kept informed while pets are inpatients, and follow-up contact after procedures (including a surgeon calling multiple times post-op).
  • Several reviews focus on referral-level problems and emergencies, including cancer care, a serious medication overdose requiring a week of hospitalisation, orthopaedic surgery with same-day operation, and a road-traffic accident with a broken leg.
  • Multiple owners describe staff taking time with end-of-life or upsetting situations, including listening to concerns and helping pets stay comfortable when a diagnosis was terminal.

Special Services

Emergency Services
Vet Nurse Training

Location

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